根据著名电视人Hughie Green的生平改编

巴巴拉·哈顿是美国家喻户晓的女富豪，五岁时就继了亿万美元遗产。她窈窕多姿，艳美绝伦，深情而单纯地追求爱情和幸福，不惜耗费巨资收买感情，却七次婚变，倍受几个出身高贵，道貌岸然而实为骗子，他们是些赌棍，性虐待狂，同性恋的丈夫欺骗，利用、玩弄、甚至强奸、精神陷入迷醉状态。后来，她自甘堕落，四处漂泊，酗酒，吸毒，与喜欢她的每一…

After the death of his mother Richard Herncastle is offered a job by his uncle, his mother's brother. Nick Ollanton is a stage conjurer in variety theatre and Richard joins the act where he meets the other members of the team and the rest of the acts on the bill as they travel around Britain appearing at the Empires, t…